By Frank Halfar At the Tempodrom in Berlin Coming home from the after show party of the German Masters is a weird feeling. Can it really be that it’s all over? A whole year until it’s time again for this festival of snooker in my home town? While it sure[Read More…]
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Gould Grabs German Masters Victory
Martin Gould has secured his maiden ranking event triumph after beating Luca Brecel in the final of the German Masters in Berlin. Both players began the encounter in search of their first success in a tournament of this stature and the enormity of the occasion showed as they each initially[Read More…]
Goggins Wins Irish Masters
Rodney Goggins has won his first ranking event of the season after beating Ryan Cronin to lift the Irish Masters cup in Carlow. Goggins, usually a regular at the business end of tournaments in recent years, had struggled to reach the latter rounds at the beginning of this season before[Read More…]
Brecel and Gould in German Masters Final
Either Martin Gould or Luca Brecel will be crowned as the 2016 German Masters champion after both emerged from drab semi-final encounters on Saturday in Berlin. 20 year-old Brecel becomes only the second European – after Tony Drago – from outside the UK and Ireland to reach a ranking event[Read More…]
German Masters Continues to Surprise
The German Masters continued to spring up surprises on Friday as the four remaining contenders booked their semi-final spots in Berlin. Effectively since the conclusion of last year’s edition and staging of the Welsh Open, it has become customary for ranking events to feature unexpected competitors at the business end[Read More…]
Ivy Rooms Set to Stage RIBSA Masters
The fifth ranking event on the Irish Senior Tour takes place this weekend in the Ivy Rooms. Michael Judge heads a slightly smaller field – of 57 entrants – for the RIBSA Masters, the penultimate tournament before the National Championship takes place on the May Bank Holiday weekend. The former[Read More…]
Seeds Stumble in Berlin
Thursday in the German Masters proved to be a much busier affair than what came the day prior in Berlin. While Wednesday had featured four whitewash wins, the second day of action at the Tempodrom saw three matches dramatically go the distance while the higher seeds also continued to tumble out[Read More…]
Selby Surges Through in German Masters
The German Masters got under way on Wednesday at the Tempodrom in Berlin. It was a day of mainly one-sided affairs as defending champion Mark Selby and fellow favourite for this year’s title Judd Trump eased to whitewash wins. Late in the day, though, there were two dramatic upsets of[Read More…]
Betway Continues UK Championship Partnership
World Snooker is delighted to announce that Betway has renewed its title sponsorship of the UK Championship for another two years. Betway sponsored the Triple Crown tournament for the first time in 2015, and has now signed up for 2016 and 2017. This season’s tournament at the York Barbican was[Read More…]
German Masters Preview
The German Masters gets under way on Wednesday at the Tempodrom in Berlin. This ranking event has become one of the favourites for both players and fans alike since its return to the calendar in 2011. The wonderful venue which has a capacity of 2500, coupled with the German fans who[Read More…]